Box, stage and plate photos are illustrative. Packaging may vary by batch.
About this product
Grows orange shoots under light on a rice-based substrate. 5 cc of live liquid culture in a sterile 10 ml syringe, with a sterile needle and an alcohol wipe. Inoculate grain, agar or sterile substrate in a clean setting.
Store in the fridge (2–6 °C); for best results use within two months. Shake the syringe gently before use.
- Species
- Cordyceps militaris
- Maker
- evdemantar
- Size
- 5 cc
- Delivery
- Confirmed by email
How does it grow?
How to use it at home, day by day and week by week
- day 0 Prepare Bring the syringe to room temperature and shake it. Clean the sterile grain bag or jar and your work area.
- day 0 Inoculate Flame the needle and inject 2–3 cc per kg of grain through the port. Tape any hole.
- 1–2 wk Colonising Keep it in the dark at the species' colonising temperature. Shake gently at 30% white.
- 2–4 wk Grain spawn ready When the grain is white all through, the spawn is ready; if it is green, black or smells sour, do not use it.
- Sonra Spawn to bulk Mix the spawn into the species' substrate at 10–20% by weight; once colonised, move it to fruiting conditions.
Timings are approximate and can shift by a few days with room temperature and humidity.
Care guide
The right conditions and what to watch for
- Colonising
- 18–22 °C (dark)
- Fruiting
- 16–22 °C, 12 hours of light a day
- Substrate
- Brown rice + nutrient broth, in jars
- Timing
- Colonising 7–10 days; shoots in 4–6 weeks
Things to watch
- Light is essential for shoots and colour; move jars to a bright shelf after colonising.
- Before each inoculation wear gloves, wipe surfaces with 70% alcohol, flame the needle and let it cool.
- Work in a closed room with no draughts; a still air box helps.
- Keep the syringe in the fridge (2–6 °C); let it reach room temperature and shake gently before use.
Problems and fixes
- Mycelium has settled, the liquid is clear
- That is normal; it sinks. Shake before use.
- Grain not white after a week
- The room may be cool or the dose too small: check the temperature and be patient.
- Sour smell or wet grey patch in the grain
- It is bacterial: throw the bag away unopened and flame the needle better next time.
Contamination
Contamination variations in a grow kit
Mould or normal? Coloured moulds, cobweb, dry bubble and gnats next to the normal things that look like mould. Details and fixes in the guide.
Green mould (Trichoderma)Vicenny · CC BY-SA 4.0
Blue-green mould (Penicillium)Luis Fernández García · CC BY-SA 4.0
Black mould (Rhizopus)Nikolai Bulykin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cobweb (Cladobotryum)An et al. (2022) · CC BY 4.0
Dry bubble (Verticillium)(c) Brian Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Fungus gnatJohn Tann from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0
Healthy mycelium (normal)Rob Hille · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cotton-like fuzz (normal)Rickproser · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spore dust (normal)Keeblur · CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Care card in Turkish and English
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